2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

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2014 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
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Kohei Arihara, who was nominated and bid lottery for by four teams.
General information
SportBaseball
Date(s)October 23, 2014
Location Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo
Network(s) TBS (first round), sky-A
Sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical
Overview
105 total selections in 13 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds
League Nippon Professional Baseball
First round selections Kohei Arihara
Tomohiro Anraku
  2013
2015  

The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 23, 2014, for the 50th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D".

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Summary

As of the 2008 Draft, High School, University and Industrial League players could be selected at the same time whereas previous to 2008, separate drafts were held for each level of player. [1]

As with the previous year, Taisho Pharmaceuticals was the special partner with naming rights. The Draft was named "The 2014 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D." Lipovitan D is one of Taisho's main brands. [2]

Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2014 NPB season in a waiver system. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. The Draft waiver priority was decided upon the winners of the 2014 NPB All-Stars game, but as the series ended 1-1 preference was based on point difference between the Central and Pacific Leagues where the former had a higher differential. [1] [3]

In total, 81 players were signed to professional contracts including 46 pitchers, 7 catchers, 17 infielders and 11 outfielders with 23 development players also signed. [4]

First Round Contested Picks

Player NamePositionTeams Selected by
First Round Kohei Arihara Pitcher Baystars Fighters Tigers, Carp
First Round Tomohiro Anraku Pitcher Eagles Swallows
Second Round Yasuaki Yamasaki PitcherBaystars、Tigers

Selected Players

Key
*Player did not sign

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Shingo Takeshita PitcherYamaha
#2 Ren Kazahari PitcherTokyo Nogyo University Hokkaido Okhotsk
#3 Koji Yamakawa CatcherFukuoka Jyoto High School
#4 Tetsuya Terada Pitcher Kagawa Olive Guyners
#5 Yusaku Nakamoto PitcherHakuwa Victorys
#6 Hiroaki Dohi Pitcher Honda
#6 Izumi Hara Outfielder Daiichi Institute of Technology
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Shogo Nakashima Outfielder Fukuoka University

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Tomohiro Anraku PitcherSaibi High School
#2 Fumiya Ono PitcherNishinippon Junior College High School
#3 Masayoshi Fukuda Outfielder Chuo University
#4 Luciano Fernando Outfielder Hakuoh University
#5 Takahiro Irino Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#6 Masashi Katoh Pitcher JR East
#7 Ryota Itoh Infielder Nippon Paper
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Takumaru Yaoita OutfielderSeiko Gakuen High School
#2 Hiroki Osakaya Infielder Aomori Chuo Gakuin University

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Yasuaki Yamasaki Pitcher Asia University
#2 Kenta Ishida Pitcher Hosei University
#3 Toshihiko Kuramoto InfielderNippon Shinyaku
#4 Motoharu Fukuchi PitcherMitsubishi Hitachi Heavy Systems Nagoya
#5 Koki Yamashita Infielder Kokugakuin University
#6 Hiroki Momose InfielderMatsumoto-Daiichi High School
#7 Satoshi Iizuka PitcherNihon Bunri High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Toi Kamei CatcherNissei High school

Saitama Seibu Lions

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Kona Takahashi PitcherMaebashi Ikuei High School
#2 Yasuo Sano Pitcher Heisei International University
#3 Shuta Tonosaki Infielder Fuji University
#4 Yusuke Tamamura PitcherTsuruga Kehi High School
#5 Haruka Yamada Infielder Saga Prefectural Saga Technical High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Daisuke Togawa OutfielderHokkai High School

Chunichi Dragons

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Ryosuke Nomura PitcherMitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems Yokohama
#2 Tomohiro Hamada Pitcher Kyushu Sangyo University
#3 Shota Tomonaga Outfielder Nippon Express
#4 Shun Ishikawa Infielder Nippon Oil
#5 Takuma Katoh Catcher Aoyama Gakuin University
#6 Masataka Iryo OutfielderNippon Oil
#7 Issei Endoh Infielder Tokyo Gas
#8 Masashi Yamamoto Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#9 Takeshi Kaneko Pitcher Osaka University of Commerce
Developmental Player Draft
#1Yuichi Sato [6] PitcherTokai Sagami High School
#2 Kodai Ishigaki PitcherInabe Sogo High School
#3 Masaru Fujiyoshi PitcherSyugakukan High School
#4 Hiroki Kondoh Outfielder Meijo University

Chiba Lotte Marines

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Shogo Nakamura Infielder Waseda University
#2 Eisuke Tanaka Pitcher Kyoto University
#3 Daiki Iwashita PitcherSeiryo High School
#4 Kandai Terashima Catcher Sōka University
#5 Kazuya Katsuki Infielder Osaka Toin High School
#6 Atsushi Miyazaki Pitcher Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
#7 Naoto Wakimoto Outfielder Takasaki University of Health and Welfare High School

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Takayoshi Noma Outfielder Chubu Gakuin University
#2 Kazuki Yabuta Pitcher Asia University
#3 Atsuya Horie PitcherKagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kita High School
#4 Kouya Fujii PitcherOkayama Sanyo High School
#5 Tatsuki Kuwahara InfielderTokoha Gakuen Kikukawa High School
#6 Tetsuya Iida Pitcher JR East
#7 Daisuke Tada CatcherTokushima Prefectural Naruto-Uzushio High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kodai Matsuura CatcherMSH Academy
#2 Satoshi Kimura InfielderTokoha Gakuen Tachibana High School

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Kohei Arihara Pitcher Waseda University
#2 Yūshi Shimizu Catcher Kyushu International University High School
#3 Daiki Asama OutfielderYokohama High School
#4 Naoya Ishikawa PitcherYamagata Central High School
#5 Hayao Segawa PitcherMuroran Sharks
#6 Shota Tatsuta PitcherYamato-Koryo Senior High School
#7 Yuto Takahama InfielderYokohama High School
#8 Kengo Ohta InfielderKawagoe Technical High School
#9 Masataka Satoh CatcherAichi Keisei High School

Hanshin Tigers

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Yuya Yokoyama Pitcher Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
#2 Tsuyoshi Ishizaki PitcherNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
#3 Taiga Egoshi Outfielder Komazawa University
#4 Kouki Moriya Pitcher Honda
#5 Kai Ueda InfielderOhmi Senior High School

Orix Buffaloes

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Sachiya Yamasaki Pitcher Meiji University
#2 Yuma Mune InfielderYokohama Hayato High School
#3 Kodai Sano PitcherOita High School
#4 Ban Takagi Pitcher NTT East Japan
#5 Koki Saitoh PitcherHokusho High School
#6 Seiichi Sakayori Pitcher JR East
#7 Masahiro Nishino Infielder JR East
#8 Yuya Oda Outfielder Nippon Life
#9 Yu Suzuki PitcherTokyo Metropolitan Yukigaya High School

Yomiuri Giants

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Kazuma Okamoto InfielderChiben Gakuen High School
#2 Chiaki Tone Pitcher Nihon University
#3 Hayato Takagi PitcherMitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya
#4 Daiki Tanaka Pitcher Kokugakuin University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Shinpei Shinohara Pitcher Kagawa Olive Guyners
#2 Takuya Kawai Infielder J. F. Oberlin University
#3 Takaya Tanaka Catcher Yamanashi Gakuin University
#4 Shinnosuke Takahashi PitcherKisarazu Sogo High School

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
#1 Yuki Matsumoto PitcherUniversity of Morioka Affiliated High School
#2 Ryoya Kurihara CatcherHarue Technical High School
#3 Shogo Furusawa Infielder Kyushu International University High School
#4 Shunsuke Kasaya PitcherOita Commercial and Business High School
#5 Yosuke Shimabukuro Pitcher Chuo University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kazuhiro Koyama OutfielderFuji Daiichi High School
#2 Seiya Saitoh OutfielderIwata East High School
#3 Amon Yamashita PitcherKomatsu Ohtani High School
#4 Tamon Horiuchi Catcher Yamamura International High School
#5 Eiji Kakinoki PitcherYanagawa High School
#6 Shota Kaneko OutfielderOhmama High School
#7 Daiki Kono InfielderNOMO Baseball Club
#8 Keigo Nakamura Pitcher Toyama Thunder Birds

References

  1. 1 2 "2014年新人選手選択会議の概要(2014 NPB Draft summary)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. "プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD ドラフト会議の特別協賛社に大正製薬 (The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Ribotan D; Draft Meeting's special partner, Taisho Pharmaceuticals)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. "ドラフト会議でのウエーバー指名優先権をセが獲得/球宴 (Draft Meeting Waiver priority given to Central League)". Sanspo (in Japanese). 20 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. "新人選手81名の交渉権が確定(81 new player negotiations decided)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 "2014 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  6. "佐藤雄偉知選手との交渉権について (Announcement regarding negotiations with Yuchi Sato)". Chunichi Dragons Official Website. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
Preceded by
2013
Nippon Professional Baseball draft Succeeded by
2015